Poultry-hanger.



L. F. HENIG.

POULTRY HANGER.

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LOUIS r. HENIG, or PHILADELPHIA, PnNNsYLvAN'IA.

POULTRY-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

Application filed January 12, 1909. ,Serial No. 471,857.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS F. Hume, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of, Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements inPoultry-Hangers, of which the following is a specification. j

My invention relates to an improved poultry hanger, the object of theinvention being to provlde a simple, inexpensive han er, which isespecially adapted to clamp the egs or feet of a fowl and support thesame from a hook or other device, such as ordinarily used in stores andmarkets.

A further object is to provide an im roved hanger of this charactercomposed o a single piece of spring wire, which will be strong anddurable in use, and efiectually support a fowl in position forattractive'display.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, and' combinations and arrangements ofparts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in theclaim.

In the accompanyin drawings, Figure 1, is a view in elevation i1ustratin a preferred form of my improvements, ant? Fig. 2, is a similarView of a modification.

My improved hanger is preferably composed of a single pieoeof springwire, which is bent forming an eye 1, at one end, and two springclamping jaws 2, 2, at its other end. These clamping jaws 2, 2,, areformed between a central upwardly projecting tongue 3, and upwardly andoutwardly bowed or curved portions 4 of the wire. The ends of the .wiresmay be brought to ether at any point, but are preferably brougittogether at an intermediate point between the bowed out portions 4 and te eye 1, so as to give to the device the greatest ossible strength.

In use, the legs 0 the fowl are inserted on opposite sides of thecentral tongue 3, and pressed downwardly into the clamping 'aws 2, whichlatter will effectually hold the owl, and when the hanger is sup ortedby its eye 1,. the fowl can be attractive y-displayed and can be readilyremoved when desired.

In the modification shown in Fig. 2, the structure is similar to Fig. 1,except that the upper portion of the hanger is bent forming a hook 5,and the wires are twisted together from this hook 5 down to the beginmngof the bowed out portions 4.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

A hanger designed for clamping both legs ofafowl, comprising'a singlepiece of spring wir,"having its ends in alinement, forming in effect acontinuous wire bent at one end as shown, forming a hanger, at its otherend bent forming two spring clamps, adapted to clamp the legs of a fowl,and between the ends bowed outward and apart forming an entrance for thelegs of a fowl, to guide the legs into the clamps, said clamps separatedby an upwardly projecting tongue formed by the wire, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS F. HENIG.

Witnesses:

R. H. KRENKEL, J. A. L. MULHALL.

